Nobody Knows Anything

Welcome to Diane Patterson's eclectic blog about what strikes her fancy

The successful TV police procedural

Posted on September 5, 2005 Written by Diane

And now for something completely different: Greg Braxton, in the LA Times, gives the 10-step formula to the hit TV police procedural: 3. The back-at-headquarters scene The differences between the investigators must be quickly demonstrated — … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Writing

A short Katrina timeline

Posted on September 4, 2005 Written by Diane

I'm trying to put together a timeline of various events related to the Katrina/levee disaster. This is wildly incomplete, of course: most of the items that stick in my mind (and that I've tracked down links for) have been on the government side, and … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Politics

Please let this be just a horrible rumor

Posted on September 2, 2005 Written by Diane

Please do not let this be true: It is reported that black hurricane victims in New Orleans have begun eating corpses to survive. Four days after the storm, thousands of blacks in New Orleans are dying like dogs. No-one has come to help them. The … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Politics

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